Staff Nurse

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• General Responsibility
• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard.
• Care Delivery
• Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.
• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate.
• Assessment and reassessment of pain and management of pain
• Ensure compliance with all policy and procedure for medication management.
• Explain plan of care to patient and family.
• Document all patients records as per policies and standards.
• Educate patient and family as required
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care.
• Quality Management
• Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement.
• Follow international patient safety goals.
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care
• Training and Development
• Participate and contribute in scheduled in service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,
• Functional Area Responsibility
• Knowledge on the blood drawing protocols and collection of reports.
• Alert the on-call physician/surgeon/ consultant in case of any deteriorating sings or abnormal lab results (Panic Value).
• Demonstrate knowledge on nursing care plan and its documentation.
• Ability to facilitate patient education.
• Knowledge on betadine/chlorhexidine (antiseptic)scrub bath prior to surgery.
• Administration of intra venous, intra muscular, intra dermal and subcutaneous injection.
• Perform steam inhalation, nebulisation and restrain policy.
• Assist / perform tracheostomy care and suctioning procedure.
• Ability to operate a Defibrillator.
• Ability to explain the discharge criteria as per policy.
• Management of blood and body fluids, HAZMAT spills.
• Handle central venous catheters and peripheral line.
• Knowledge on Anticoagulants and Urinary catheter care.